AB3 - Beetle Banks
Beetle Banks (AB3) remain a popular Countryside Stewardship option, with three mixes to choose from to create diverse wildlife habitats. Buy online, apply for a trade account (we review all applications within one working day) or get in touch to place an order through your buying group. You can also request a catalogue to view our full range.
Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this mixture for CAHL3 (2024/2025) and AHL3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive and AB3 Countryside Stewardship (Grassy Field Corners), to provide nesting and foraging habitats for, insects, bumblebees, small mammals and farmland birds.
- Dense cover providing warm and dry areas for invertebrates and pollinators
- Use for static implementation of CAHL3 and AHL3 Grassy Field Corners
- Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL3 CAHL4 CIGL3 AHW3 AHL3 AHL4 IGL3
- Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB3 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4
- Contains: 60% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 20% Tall Fescue, 10% Hard Fescue, 10% Slender Creeping Red Fescue
- Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg
Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this mixture for CAHL3 (2024/2025) and AHL3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive and AB3 Countryside Stewardship (Grassy Field Corners), to provide nesting and foraging habitats for insects, bumblebees, small mammals and some farmland birds.
- Dense, tussocky cover provides warm, dry areas for invertebrates and pollinators
- Use for static implementation of CAHL3 and AHL3 Grassy Field Corners
- Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL3 CAHL4 CIGL3 AHW3 AHL3 AHL4 IGL3
- Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS): AB3 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
- Contains: 60% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 20% Tall Fescue, 15% Slender Creeping Red Fescue, 5% Cocksfoot
- Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg
Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this mixture for CAHL3 (2024/2025) and AHL3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive and AB3 Countryside Stewardship (Grassy Field Corners), to provide an abundance of high-value plant species, with a range of plant heights suitable for invertebrates, birds and small mammals.
- Use for static implementation of CAHL3 and AHL3 Grassy Field Corners, and WBD4 Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
- Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CAHL3 CAHL4 CIGL3 AHW3 AHL3 AHL4 IGL3 WBD4
- Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB3 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2
- Contains: 27% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 17% Chewing's Fescue, 15% Meadow Fescue, 10% Hard Fescue, 10% Tall Fescue, 8% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 6% Slender Creeping Red Fescue, 4% Highland Bent, 3% Smaller Cat's Tail
- Sowing rate: 20kg/ha Pack size: 20kg
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